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Steel City

Photographer Leticia Batty explores how Sheffield’s architectural identity has been forged by its industrial past

Published March 10, 2016.
Words by Leticia Batty.

'A town like Sheffield assumes a kind of sinister magnificence' - George Orwell.

Sheffield is a town with its identity forged from its industrial past. This project stands as a testimony to this; an account of the defining structural elements that shape a city. In this series the pragmatic yet intimate nature of the images project the effect of the grind of industry over the city of Sheffield.